iPad Pro ipad pro 12.9 (M1) as macbook replacement

[kevjen888]

i passed down my 2018 MBP to a family member, now i'm going to stick with my ipad pro 12.9 (M1) as my laptop replacement at home. i already installed O365 on it, basically just some light duty workload. i do sometimes attend IT classes offered from work, during which i would need my laptop to RDP into other machine, does ipad has the capability of that? I guess if it's a web based emulation, i can do that in Safari?

anyone here using their IPP as laptop extensively? can you share your experiences? thanks.

 

[sparksd]

i passed down my 2018 MBP to a family member, now i'm going to stick with my ipad pro 12.9 (M1) as my laptop replacement at home. i already installed O365 on it, basically just some light duty workload. i do sometimes attend IT classes offered from work, during which i would need my laptop to RDP into other machine, does ipad has the capability of that? I guess if it's a web based emulation, i can do that in Safari?

anyone here using their IPP as laptop extensively? can you share your experiences? thanks.

Your question re using iPad as laptop is addressed extensively here -

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ipad-as-a-laptop-replacement.1937134/

 

[rulymammoth]

I’ve actually been using my IPP extensively in the last two weeks for work. I do RDP using Jump Desktop for the few things that are easier on a Mac. So if I didn’t have that option, then using the IPP would be unworkable. But with Jump Desktop, I haven’t actually touched my MacBook in the past two weeks. It’s worked great.

And, at least for what I do, I need only get on Jump Desktop about 5% of the time.

 

[Dfds]

Regarding RDP, yes you can do it with some limitation. Back when the original iPad came out the company I worked for trialled iPads with RDP & virtual PC’s, for quick access it’s great but depending on what you’re doing it’s not a laptop replacement.